These political contribution war chests could be used to benefit many people, instead of bashing other candidates.

What would political campaigns be like if we were to see something like these: Joe Donnelly for Senate donates body cameras to police departments or Mike Braun for Senate donates drones to fire departments to help fight fires? What about if somebody running for mayor donated supplies to local schools or someone running for another office donated money to repair roads?

These political contribution war chests could be used to benefit many people, instead of bashing other candidates. Why not put campaign money into showing what you believe in and making things better?

Better police departments, more secure schools, better roads, cleaner streets, the possibilities are endless. We can do better and our politicians can lead the way by outdoing each other to make things better.

Michael Berry

Cicero

Personal accountability starts at home

In a recent column, Gary Varvel says that Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill would not be in trouble if he had simply adhered to the “Pence Rule” that a man should never dine alone with a woman other than his wife and never attend a social event where alcohol is served without his wife. Varvel goes on to apply this rule to single men attending a social event where alcohol is served: “If you’re not married, it’s a good idea to have an accountability partner to keep you from doing anything stupid.”

Varvel is suggesting that I, as a single man, do not have enough control over my primal urges to go, by myself, to an event where alcohol is served and there are women in attendance. Instead, he suggests I bring along a friend — an “accountability partner” — to prevent me from becoming a lecherous Mr. Hyde.

Thanks for the tip, but I don’t need an accountability wingman any more than I need a moral watchdog telling me how I should live my life. I learned about personal accountability and moral behavior the way most people do, from my parents. My suggestion to you is that you follow whatever rules you think are appropriate for your life. The rest of us will follow our own conscience.

The Indy Chamber, where many members and their workers were provided with good public educations by previous taxpayers, are not willing to fully support public education for future Chamber members and their workers. What kind of “ancestors” are they?